Lois Boulware Learning Community

10/07/2026

Boulware is excited to partner with DeGowin Blood Center to host a blood drive! Join us in the MERF atrium next Tuesday (October 13) between 10am and 2pm to make a lifesaving donation.

10/05/2026

Boulware is excited to host a Murder Mystery Party on October 24 from 7-9pm at the First Avenue Club! Come watch our M1 and M2 students act out a murder mystery while enjoying food, a cash bar, and raffle prizes. All proceeds will benefit United Action for Youth. Sign up by scanning the QR code or clicking the link in the bio.

10/01/2026

Boulware is excited to host a tailgate for the Iowa-Ohio State game this Saturday! Join us at 7 Triangle Place from 11:30-2:30 and enjoy some walking tacos with your friends.

04/13/2026

Help support patients at University of Iowa Health Care and UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital by participating in the blood drive on May 7 from 11am-3pm in the MERF atrium. The event is hosted by the Boulware Community, and you can sign up by scanning the QR code or visiting the website on the flyer. We hope to see you there!💛🖤

12/16/2025

Another year complete! Thank you to our amazing Boulware leadership team from the Class of 2028, and we can’t wait to see what is in store for next year!!🐻💙

10/25/2025

Found some Bears under the Friday night lights. .11 💙🐻💙

06/29/2025

Eye spy with my little eye a vintage R4Y water bottle at the Alaskan home of Boulware alum Toni Biskup ‘08 MD MPH. She did our virtual Covid ride allowing us to claim the 49th state and has been using the water bottle ever since. Alaska is the home of almost all of Perry’s cousins. 💙🐻💙

06/05/2025

BEARS ON THE RUN!!

Three of our soon-to-be M2s, Logan Engebretson, Keeley Carney, and Nick Lembezeder, participated in the DAM to DSM Half Marathon this past weekend. Way to go, guys!!🐻💙

04/12/2025

That’s our bear! Srija, you make Perry proud 💙🐻💙

Meet Srija Manchkanti, one of our exceptional students chosen for the 2025 Dare to Discover campaign!

📚 MD student, 2025
📋 Research topic: Links hormone therapy to women’s health
🗺️ Hometown: San Jose, California
🎓 Future plans: To pursue an internal medicine residency, aiming to specialize in hematology-oncology

Srija’s research focuses on the long-term health effects of estrogen therapy on heart, kidney, liver, and metabolic health across different populations, paving the way for medical professionals to improve outcomes for patients.

04/10/2025

Just look at our successful, smiling bear. Gage, you make Perry proud. 💙🐻💙

Meet Gage Liddiard, one of our exceptional students chosen for the 2025 Dare to Discover campaign!

📚 MD/PhD student, Medical Scientist Training Program, Spring 2027
📋 Research topic: Pursues treatments for newborn seizures
🗺️ Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
🎓 Future plans: To pursue a medical residency in pediatrics or pediatric neurology and work at an academic medical center

Gage’s research focuses on drug-resistant seizures in newborns, aiming to develop more effective treatments than those unchanged for nearly 50 years. With 30–50% of neonatal seizures resisting current medications—especially when diagnosis is delayed—his work focuses on the brain’s inhibitory system to explore underused drug targets and their potential impact.